Mining Incidents

Brownies Creek Collieries Inc operator

MSHA operator ID: P13635
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
55
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1983–1985

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Incident timeline

1985
18
1984
15
1983
22 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
April 1, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Brownies Creek Collieries Inc · Contact with electrical current

OPERATING DRILL BY RAISING MAST TO ACCOMMODATEFOR REPAIRS TO LEAKING HYDRAULIC CYLINDER LOCATED IN MAST.MAST WAS IN 80 DEG. RAISE POSITION WHEN BODY FOUND.ONE LINE WAS BROKEN AND LIE ON GROUND ONE TELEPHONE LINE STILL IN CONTACT WITH MAST.VICTIM WAS (HAD BEEN) STANDING ON GROUND AND OPERATING CONTROLS.

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